If you would’ve polled Ottawa Senators fans at the start of September about which duo of rookies would be on the NHL roster when the season started, the answer would have been unanimous: Thomas Chabot and Colin White.

With White suffering a wrist injury and Chabot struggling in his last pre-season game, however, neither made the cut out of camp (Chabot is already back with the big club after injuries to two defencemen).

“That’s fine — they need to develop, and coach Guy Boucher doesn’t like rookies anyways” would be a typical counter-response to this scenario. However, there are two rookies on the roster, and according to Boucher, there’s a chance that both could remain with the team. Their names are Logan Brown and Alex Formenton.

There’s probably no player whose stock has risen more in the minds of Sens fans over the last two weeks than that of Logan Brown. An afterthought heading into the team’s annual...